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Which Linux tool or command is surprisingly simple, powerful, and yet underrated?"

Which Linux command or utility is simple, powerful, and surprisingly unknown to many people or used less often?

This could be a command or a piece of software or an application.

For example I'm surprised to find that many people are unaware of Caddy, a very simple web server that can make setting up a reverse proxy incredibly easy.

Another example is fzf. Many people overlook this, a fast command-line fuzzy finder. It’s versatile for searching files, directories, or even shell history with minimal effort.

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Introducing SystemD Pilot, GUI app for managing systemd services
github.com GitHub - mfat/systemd-pilot: Desktop application for managing systemd services

Desktop application for managing systemd services. Contribute to mfat/systemd-pilot development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub - mfat/systemd-pilot: Desktop application for managing systemd services

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SystemD Pilot is a desktop application for managing systemd services on GNU/linux machines. The app is very lightweight and supports common tasks such as starting and stopping systemd services.

It can also show detailed status for each service.

Features: List services

Filter by running state

Start, Stop, Restart, Enable and Disable services + show status for each service

Create override configuration for any unit file using the edit button

Option for reloading systemd manager configuration (systemctl daemon-reload)

Easy search. Just start typing and the app will find relevant services

Lightweight

Available for download as deb, rpm and AppImage

Integration into GNOME desktop (libadwaita)

Made with love for the FOSS community. Please give it a try and share your thoughts.

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PortsInfo, simple GUI for netstat/ss to view active network ports
github.com GitHub - mfat/ports-info: Simple utility to show open ports on linux systems

Simple utility to show open ports on linux systems - mfat/ports-info

GitHub - mfat/ports-info: Simple utility to show open ports on linux systems

PortsInfo is a simple desktop app that shows a list of active network ports on your linux systems.

In other words, it shows you which servers are running on your computer.

It's a graphical equivalent of running netstat -plunt in a terminal.

The app supports quick search with CTRL+F shortcut.

Hopefully this will be useful to newbies and system administrators.

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Introducing BootSelector, GUI utility to set grub default boot entry
github.com GitHub - mfat/bootselector: Set default entry in GRUB

Set default entry in GRUB. Contribute to mfat/bootselector development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub - mfat/bootselector: Set default entry in GRUB

BootSelector is a tiny GUI utility for setting any grub menu entry as default.

It also allows you to reboot into any OS/kernel in your grub menu.

The initial version has been tested on the latest Ubuntu 24.10 and should work on other Debian-based distributions as well.

An RPM for fedora will be released soon after more testing is done.

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